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OhioCan organizer describes local opioid-response event, reports decline in overdose deaths

5968443 · October 21, 2025
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An OhioCan organizer told the board the group’s annual memorial and resource event at Columbia Woods aims to connect people to services; local overdose deaths fell about 24% in the last year, she said.

Ruth, an organizer with OhioCan, spoke to the Norton Parks and Cemetery Board on June 23 about the group’s work connecting residents affected by addiction with resources.

Ruth said OhioCan’s mission is to bring “education, empathy, empowerment to anyone that has been affected by the opioid by any addiction,” and…

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